5 Ways to Loosen Up After a Long Day at a Desk
Posted on Nov 23rd 2008 4:00PM by Fitz K.
Tomorrow is the deadline for my book, The Everything Flat Belly Cookbook. I'm thrilled with Adams Media for hiring me to write it but on occasion, my body has been very angry at them for giving me such a tight deadline. This uber short deadline has caused little Miss Fitzness Trainer to sit for 12 hours at a time with my head buried in my laptop quite often. My brain is thrilled, but my back has been bummed.
The only reason I've survived is because I'm already really good at taking care of my body. I've never had to sit down for such long periods of time as a requirement of my job, but when the side effects of doing so set in ... I knew how to respond.
I imagine a lot of you are stuck at a desk for hours on a daily basis. I feel for you. I also have some ideas to help you survive it without all of the stiff, achy and strained body parts.
Since you remain almost completely still while seated, you'll need to do a lot of movement to counteract the side effects. Big movements. Big, rotational, stretchy movements. A tiny motion like bicep curls will not loosen up your back.
Your motions should make your arms and legs go high and wide. Your back should twist from side to side and it wouldn't be so bad if it arched back and forth as well. This gallery is full of some training tactics I think will help bring your body back to life. Get moving immediately after your job ends or better yet ... squeeze these activities in to the middle of your day.
More Ideas:
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Swimming
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Yoga
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Pilates
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Gymnastics
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Tennis
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Touch Football
